Troll 2 opens with a monologue about said mythical creatures which I gathered can be summarised as them being killed by Christianity.
I haven’t seen the first film, from 2022, but I quickly realised that doesn’t matter, because the basic premise is that the real reason behind Operation Gunnerside during World War II – which we were led to think was about the Norwegian heavy water sabotage – was actually so they could capture and keep a massive troll underground, and in some sort of hibernation status by shining UV light at it.
Cue a case of ‘Getting the band back together’, as Nora Tidemann (Ine Marie Wilmann) still reminisces about the tales her late father told her about trolls, when she was a young girl; and Andreas Isaksen (Kim Falck) pops up to tell us about the aforementioned latest development, with The Godfather Part III quote, “Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in”.
Nora’s useful because she’s effectively the ‘troll whisperer’, in a film that’s very tongue in cheek, as it goes for a jaunt around Norway with tertiary characters snuffing it along the way, such as when the creature eats some nightclub revellers.
While it’s nothing new in the movie world, it’s a reasonably fun ride, albeit one that does go on a bit too long, given that there’s a lot of running around in caves like Indiana Jones, but as it went on, I realised there wasn’t much troll, even when – as the publicity shot shows, above – a second one comes along, for them to pointlessly do battle. Its absence dawns on you that it’s been off-screen for some time, and the plot exposition in its place does get a bit tiresome and lazy. Maybe one for undemanding kids.
However, at least it does have some humour, such as when it throws in a line where Andreas, who wrote the novel, A Fistful Of Zen, says to the old lady about not writing another because “No-one’s a fan of sequels”, to which she replies, “Everyone loves a good sequel!”
Ba-dum-tss!!!
Thanks to our friends at Netflix for the screener prior to release.
Troll 2 is on Netflix from today, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Check out the trailer below:
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 102 minutes
Release date: December 1st 2025
Studio: Netflix
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Score: 4/10
Director: Roar Uthaug
Producers: Espen Horn, Kristian Strand Sinkerud
Screenplay: Espen Aukan
Music: Johannes Ringen
Cast:
Nora Tidemann: Ine Marie Wilmann
Andreas Isaksen: Kim Falck
Captain Kristoffer Holm: Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Marion: Sara Khorami
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